Viewing archive of Monday, 24 May 2021

Select the desired archive item

M flares, G2 geomagnetic storm watch

Our Sun has been moderately active the past few days! Sunspot region 2824 produced numerous C-class events and three M-class solar flares during the past few days. An M1.4 solar flare on Saturday, 22 May was the strongest solar flare it produced. A couple of these C and M-class solar flares were eruptive and produced coronal mass ejections which could have an earth-directed component.

Read more

Latest news

Support SpaceWeatherLive.com!

A lot of people come to SpaceWeatherLive to follow the Sun's activity or if there is aurora to be seen, but with more traffic comes higher server costs. Consider a donation if you enjoy SpaceWeatherLive so we can keep the website online!

Donate SpaceWeatherLive Pro
Support SpaceWeatherLive with our merchandise
Check out our merchandise

Latest alerts

Get instant alerts!

Space weather facts

Last X-flare2025/03/28X1.1
Last M-flare2025/04/30M2.03
Last geomagnetic storm2025/05/03Kp5 (G1)
Spotless days
Last spotless day2022/06/08
Monthly mean Sunspot Number
April 2025140.6 +6.4
May 202566.5 -74.1
Last 30 days111.6 -20.3

This day in history*

Solar flares
12015X3.93
22024X1.32
32024X1.2
42024M8.42
52024M7.47
DstG
11998-119G3
21989-86G3
31959-72G2
41978-72
51986-62G1
*since 1994

Social networks